God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam
Tyger River TR-1000 · Union, South Carolina
- Artist
- David Allen
- Title
- God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam
- Release
- God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam / Using My Bible for a Road Map
- Label
- Tyger River # TR-1000
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Union, South Carolina, USA
- Songwriter
- Gene Fields, David Allen
- Genre
- Country · Bluegrass
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation
God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam (Allen, David) Bluegrass. Union, South Carolina, USA. Boys taken from loved ones, fighting and dying in Vietnam For how long - war with no end in sight? Narrator loved country and would fight for it. But maybe god will have mercy and end the war.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Annotation — Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs
God Please Have Mercy in South Viet Nam (Allen, David) Bluegrass. Union, South Carolina, USA. Boys taken from loved ones, fighting and dying in Vietnam For how long - war with no end in sight? Narrator loved country and would fight for it. But maybe god will have mercy and end the war. Contains patriotic sentiment, but overall leans anti-war
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
Unknown - no biography of the David Allen credited on this release could be established; the name is shared by many unrelated performers and none is song-anchored to this record. [Source: Discogs]
Themes
In collections
Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs